Sports
The July 4 weekend was relatively quiet for local dirt track drivers, crews and fans.
Three Rock County drivers raced at two area tracks over the holiday weekend.
Murray County Speedway in Slayton hosted seven classes of racing Friday night and I-90 Speedway near Hartford, South Dakota, staged five...
BASEBALL 2020
Luverne Redbirds
June 4 at Brandon Valley 4-3 W
June 13 at Castlewood 9-5 W
June 13 at Castlewood 9-0 W
June 17 Tracy Engineers 12-1 WJune 24 Ruthton Royals 10-0 W
June 26 Jackson Bulls 12-2 L
June 28 ...
Rock County racecar drivers had another busy weekend at area dirt tracks.
Luverne’s Jeremy Smith highlighted local results when he won the IMCA Modifieds A Feature race at Murray County Speedway in Slayton Friday night.
Local drivers also competed at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday...
The Luverne Redbirds went 2-1 this past week and now stand at 6-1 for the season.
Luverne defeated the Ruthton Royals 10-0 Wednesday, June 24, at home before suffering the first loss of the season to the Jackson Bulls Friday at Redbird Field.
The Redbirds returned to the win column with a 12-0...
BASEBALL 2020
Luverne Redbirds
June 4 at Brandon Valley 4-3 W
June 13 at Castlewood 9-5 W
June 13 at Castlewood 9-0 W
June 17 Tracy Engineers 12-1 WJune 24 Ruthton Royals 10-0 W
June 26 Jackson Bulls 12-2 L
June 28 ...
July events planned for Saturday
Luverne’s Dave Duffy announced that the three annual events he organizes each July are on for this year.
The July 4 Davis Lake Triathlon will be divided into two races.
The Minnow Race begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a quarter-mile kayak course, a two-mile bike...
Eric Gaul and Thomas Kracht of Luverne highlighted local results during a busy weekend of racing.
Gaul took first and Kracht placed second in the Hobby Stocks A feature race at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday.
Gaul also won the first race of the season for the LSR (Luverne, Slayton,...
The Luverne Redbirds returned to Redbird Field for their first home game of the season Wednesday, June 17.
The large number of fans who attended the game were reminded of social distancing requirements, and a few adjustments were made on the field, but overall the feel of “town team” baseball...
The Luverne 19-and-under (19U) baseball team opened its delayed season by going 2-1 at a Legion baseball tournament in Lennox, South Dakota, over the weekend.
Luverne opened Friday with an 8-6 loss to the host team, before defeating Sioux Falls West 2-1 Saturday and the Fargo Bombers 10-5 Sunday....
When American Legion-sanctioned baseball in Minnesota was canceled for the season in May, local youth were unsure if they would play at all this summer.
In order to still offer a season, Luverne leaders and coaches worked to create non-Legion sanctioned teams for Legion and Junior Legion-aged...